by Ricky Ward | Feb 18, 2011 | General / ทั่วไป, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
So often “Exclusive” accomodation is surrounded by high concrete walls. The recent Punna development however in Chiang Mai’s Nimmanhaemin Soi 6 has taken a different approach: How do they achieve this attractive result and what about Secutiry you...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 8, 2011 | Animal Welfare / สวัสดิภาพสัตว์, Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
Many readers will know better thanthe author that the forests of SE Asia and all that comprise them from the bacteria, in the ground, to the plants and animals from tiny to giant size remain under threat, with many species still becoming extinct. The International...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 1, 2011 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
With the dry of the cold season and the coming hot weather until the rains come in May young trees suffer water stress. A good 10 cm or more thickness of a mulch around trees helps conserve water in the soil and reduce the need for watering. Wikipedia has a helpful...
by Ricky Ward | Jan 31, 2011 | General / ทั่วไป, Pollution / มลภาวะ, Vegetation / พืซ
… skies are blue – so goes the song from the Wizard of Oz . Wednesday 26th January 2011 saw a rainbow forest of “Autumn” leaves (dry Dipterocarp forest especially Shorea siamensis รัง ) and red flowering trees (Butea monosperma ทองกวาว )ใ This...
by Ricky Ward | Dec 29, 2010 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
Note: This post includes a draft document from the Thai Forest Dept and in green below in independent submission from Chiang Mai. Please consider how best to bring the two together to ensure maximum participation of the whole population to set the stage for a century,...
by Ricky Ward | Sep 15, 2010 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
HEAT -How to Stop The Planet Burning, by George Monbiot is the basis of the following comments: We know that to stop World temperature rises of 2 or more degrees, which would be catastrophic, energy guzzling countries uncluding the UK, USA, Canada, Australia etc must...
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